Lisa finally got to meet her little man in person on Saturday when Todd and I went to LAX to pick her up. At first he hung back shyly and remained quiet, as he usually does when he first meets new people.
By the time we got to the Northridge mall for dinner, however, he'd started to warm up a bit, and would whisper his answers to her. During dinner, I asked him if she looked familiar, if he recognized her from before (he never had trouble recognizing Lisa's pic on my computer and declaring "Lisa!" whenever he saw it). It had been a while since he'd seen her pic, but you could practically see the wheels turning in his head as he strained to think about where he'd seen her before!
When we'd finished eating and started to make our way to the indoor playground, Todd held me hand, and then stretched his free hand out to grab Lisa's hand!
After we exited the mall and made our way to the car to return to my parents' house, Lisa stopped for a smoke break outside the car. As soon as she started huffing and puffing, Todd stared up at her, wide-eyed and his mouth forming a perfect little "O" in wonder and astonishment at what she was doing. What a way to lay the guilt-trip on her, hehe!
The next day, Sunday morning, he came out of his room after finishing his morning bottle of milk, and upon seeing me in the hallway, his first words to me were "Where's Lisa?"
When Allan and I picked Lisa up to take her to Universal Studios, she sat in the back seat next to Todd, who promptly turned the other away so that his back was to her. Cold shoulder?
But throughout the day he again started warming up to her and talked with her, even got braver towards the end of the day so that he was speaking louder and not just whispering.
At the end of the day, after dropping of Allan and Lisa to Allan's car so he could drive her back, Todd willingly gave her a hug and kiss goodbye :-)
As I drove off, he asked me where Daddy was. I said "He's going home", not bothering to explain the part about dropping Lisa off before heading back to SB. Then Todd asked "Where's Lisa?", paused, and then, because he'd seen Lisa leaving with Daddy, announced: "Lisa going to Santa Barbara!"
Uh... probably not, son, even though it WOULD be nice to have had time to take her to see Paradise in Southern California :-D
